factory
/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/ noun A1- A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. · History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.
- A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
- A factory farm. · chicken factory; pig factory
- In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
- The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer. · factory settings; factory defaults; a factory reset
- A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
Plural factories
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I have been looking up the dates in the old files of the paper, and I find that the disappearance of the pearl was exactly two days before the arrest of Beppo, for some crime of violence—an event which took place in the factory of Gelder & Co., at the very moment when these busts were being made.
He made for the factory in which he worked, and he knew that he had only a few minutes in which to conceal this enormously valuable prize, which would otherwise be found on him when he was searched.
Therefore, I believe the damage happened at the factory before the delivery.
He decided to build small factories in places like Nepal and Eritrea.
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